Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"One of the great things about National Parks is they belong to everyone." Obama

Elk seen at the Rocky Mountain National Park

"America's National Parks are irreplaceable treasures. They amaze us, inspire us, fill us with pride and belong to all of us in equal measure." Biden

With this link Threat to National Parks you can see what is happening currently with our National Park land. Not everyone has time to keep up with the current news. 

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 613

  Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

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I am sharing lots of butterfly images. In August I was seeing so many butterflies, way more than last year. Wildlife sightings around our yard were the white-tailed deer and lots bunny sightings. 

1. August 1, while washing dishes at my kitchen sink looking out the window I see a mama deer with her fawn. 

2. Aug 2nd, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, the Monarch Butterfly and a sweet bunny.

3. This baby bunny hangs out under our blueberry bushes.  Adorable, I hope it stays safe! 

4. Aug 3rd, I sat on our deck watching for birds and butterflies.  I saw lots of butterflies around the buddleia bush.  

5. Below is the pretty Eastern Tiger Swallowtailed butterfly. 

"Butterflies are not insects, they are self-propelled flowers."

6. I seem to see more of the Black Swallowtail butterflies. 

7. Aug 3rd, Miney was funny one day, there were so many butterflies flying around she was barking at them.  

"If you smile when you see a butterfly, you have happiness in your soul."

8. Flashback to a 2017 Florida bird, the Snail Kite. We has some great views of this bird at the Circle B Preserve in Lakeland Florida. This sighting of the Snail Kite was a new life bird for me. 

The female Snail Kite has the whitish feathers around the face. Juveniles are brown above and streaked brown and buff below, a buffy throat and eyebrow.

Another Florida 2017 lifer was the Swallow-tailed Kite. Not the best photo but at I least I could record my lifer. 

I am linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday   I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.

Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.

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Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"Observation is the greatest source of wisdom."

"I've always been quiet, more of an observer."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 612

  Welcome to Saturday's Critters! Hello and Happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

A mish-mash I am finally posting photos from the end of July. Photos are from my back yard and of course I share some flashback photos.  I have various butterflies and an unknown moth. 

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1. I am seeing lots of butterflies at the coneflowers, the Buddleia and our Zinnias flowers. Below is the Fritillary Butterfly.

2. The Swallowtail butterflies are plentiful this summer. They are very pretty to watch visiting out buddleia bushes. 

3. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly is a pretty yellow with black tiger stripes with some red and blue spots 

4. The purple coneflowers are growing well this year.

A Swallowtail looking a little ragged but still beautiful.

There are two of the Swallowtail butterflies below.

5. An unknown moth on the butterfly bush.

6. Our Crepe Myrtle had some beautiful blooms, the insects love these flowers. 

7. Sept 2019, a flashback look at an Iceland bird, the Northern Fulmar. I saw some of these birds roosting on a cliff next to the Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, South Coast Iceland. 

The Northern Fulmar, a gull-like seabird. They are neat looking birds with their yellow beak with odd looking nose tubes. 

Seljalandsfoss Waterfall

Bonus, our son stopped by to do some work for us and he brought our grandsons for a visit. The boys enjoyed sitting on the deck feeding the Cardinal and watching the hummingbirds. Some time was spent eating snacks and watching a car race cartoon. 

I am linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday   I hope you can stop by and visit Heidrun and check out the Mosaic Monday post.

Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.

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Thank you for sharing your critters and post! 

Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

Labor Day, a day to celebrate all American workers, a big thanks to all workers contributing to our country's prosperity.  

"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity." MLK

"A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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